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* '''1648''' (''Shōhō 6''): The shogunate issues a legal code governing the lives of commoners in Edo.<ref>Hall, John Whitney. ''The Cambridge History of Japan.'' p. xx.</ref> |
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Revision as of 23:57, 22 March 2009
Shōhō (正保) was a Japanese era name (年号,, nengō,, lit. "year name") after Kan'ei and before Keian. This period spanned the years from 1644 through 1648. The reigning emperor was Go-Komyo-tennō (後光明天皇).[1]
Change of era
- 1644 Shōhō gannen (正保元年): The era name was changed to Shōhō to mark the enthronement of the new emperor Go-Kōmyō. The previous era ended and a new one commenced in Kan'ei 21, on the 16th day of the 12th month.[2]
Events of the Shōhō era
- 1644 (Shōhō 1): The third major map of Japan was ordered by the Shogunate -- the first having been completed in Keicho 10 -- at a scale of 1:432,000 (based on maps of the provinces drawn to a scale of 1:21,600).[3]
- May 18, 1645 (Shōhō 2, 23rd day of the 4th month): The Shogun was elevated the court role of Middle Counselor (中納言, Chūnaigon).[1]
- December 1645 (Shōhō 3): Death of Takuan Sōhō, a leading figure in the Zen reform movement.[4]
- January 18, 1646 (Shōhō 2, 2nd day of the 12th month): Death of Hosokawa Tadaoki.[citation needed]
- June 13, 1646 (Shōhō 3): Death of Miyamoto Musashi.[citation needed]
- May 11, 1646 (Shōhō 3): Death of Yagyu Munenori.[citation needed]
- 1648 (Shōhō 6): The shogunate issues a legal code governing the lives of commoners in Edo.[5]
- May 11, 1646 (Shōhō 3): Death of Yagyu Munenori.
Notes
- ^ a b Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). Annales des empereurs du japon, p. 412.
- ^ Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.
- ^ Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan, p. 230.
- ^ Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.
- ^ Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.
References
- Hall, John Whitney. The Cambridge History of Japan. p. xx.</ref>
- Screech, Timon. (2006). Secret Memoirs of the Shoguns: Isaac Titsingh and Japan, 1779-1822. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-700-71720-X
- Titsingh, Isaac, ed. (1834). [Siyun-sai Rin-siyo/Hayashi Gahō, 1652], Nipon o daï itsi ran; ou, Annales des empereurs du Japon. Paris: Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland.
- Traganeou, Jilly. (2004). The Tokaido Road: Traveling and Representation in Edo and Meiji Japan. London: RoutledgeCurzon. ISBN 0-4153-1091-1
External links
- National Diet Library, "The Japanese Calendar" -- historical overview plus illustrative images from library's collection
- National Archives of Japan ...Click link for map of Edo in the 1st or 2nd year of Shōhō (1644 or 1645)
| Shōhō | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
| Gregorian | 1644 | 1645 | 1646 | 1647 | 1648 |
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